“Intense, city covered in Photos": People criticise Modi–Merz posters along roadsides
“Btw when Modi visits Germany, wonder how many hoardings are put up by the government in his honour? Based on my experience, close to zero."
Some people have criticised what appears to be an overwhelming number of posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz displayed along roadsides in Ahmedabad, India, to honour the latter.
The Chief Political Editor of DW News, while sharing a video showing repeated posters of the two leaders pasted along roads, subtly criticised the display, saying, “When you are the official guest of India‘s prime minister you will see the photo your staff handed in a lot….. The whole city is covered in more photographs of German Chancellor Merz than I had seen in my whole life before.”
“Here (India) a common courtesy – to us: intense,” she added in a post on X.
Another X user, Apurv Nagpal, strongly criticised the move, calling it a “terrible use of our / taxpayers money.”
“If you come to Ahmedabad, there's about 5000 of these across the city, at every intersection, along the road etc. Most illegal ie not an approved hoarding site (3 in this picture alone),” she claimed.
She further claimed that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Germany, the government there does not put up hoardings in his honour at all.
“Btw - when Modi visits Germany, wonder how many hoardings are put up by the government in his honour? Based on my experience, close to zero. About time we shed the colonial mindset?” she questioned.
Highlighting problems faced by the public in Ahmedabad, she pointed out, “My taxi guy narrated the nightmare they faced yesterday because of the PM's arrival - traffic jams, missed flights, guests having to book an Ola / Uber as the taxi service was stuck due to arbitrary road closures.”
“Why do our elected politicians delight in causing inconvenience to citizens ?” she questioned.
Prime Minister Modi welcomed Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Friedrich Merz, in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
Merz is on a two-day official visit to India at the invitation of the Prime Minister. The two leaders paid floral tributes at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram and participated in the famous Kite Festival.
They also addressed the India–Germany CEOs Forum.
PM Modi, yesterday in a post on his X, following the meeting with Merz said that the bilateral trade between the two nations has reached an all-time high, adding that several German companies are investing in India.
"We want to deepen economic linkages even further in the times to come," PM Modi said.
The Chancellor is accompanied by a high-level delegation, including 23 leading German CEOs and industry leaders.
This is his maiden visit to India and also his first visit to Asia as Federal Chancellor.
Chancellor Merz is scheduled to visit Bengaluru, where his engagements will focus on business and technological collaboration between India and Germany.“Intense”: People criticise Modi–Merz posters along roadsides
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